Potato News

Una planta empacadora de tubérculos y raíces, que se instalará próximamente en el distrito de Ocú, pudiese ayudar a resolver el problema del rechazo que tienen algunos productos cuya apariencia los descalifica para su comercialización (...) Ésta es la...

Worldwide licencee for PreventASe™ DSM Food Specialties, Frito-Lay and Procter &Gamble have reached an agreement on the Intellectual Property rights to apply asparaginase in food products in order to reduce acrylamide levels. The reduction is cata...

Industry needs to step up efforts to counter stigma associated with frozen food compared with chilled or 'fresh' produce, says Leatherhead. Although consumers are hearing the message, they are not yet buying into it.There have been some high profile a...

De hoofdoogst van dit teeltseizoen gaat van start. Uit de diverse proefrooiingen (week 35) is gebleken dat de hectareopbrengsten redelijk tot goed worden. Opvallend is wel dat de gewassen vroeger lijken af te rijpen dan in andere jaren, de herfst tre...

Wendy's International Inc. has gone from being a case study for activist investing to a poster child for waning interest in mergers and acquisitions. Before Wendy's disclosed that billionaire investor Nelson Peltz would gain access to see confidential...

Cargill is to build a second canola processing plant in Canada in a move to meet growing demand for tans fat-free oil, the firm announced yesterday.The new plant will be located adjacent to Cargill's existing operation in Clavet, Saskatchewan, and is ...

The gross potato harvest in all types of agricultural enterprises is expected to reach the level 8.9 mln. tons in Belarus in 2007 comparing to 8.3 mln. of tons in 2006;the Department of fruit&vegetable production, processing and trade of the Minist...

Burger King Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it will use the "strong and consistent cash flow"it expects this fiscal year for plans such as share repurchases, debt retirement and the payment of its dividend. The world's No. 2 hamburger chain al...

Wendy's International Inc. has agreed to let a major shareholder have access to crucial information about the third-largest hamburger chain so he can decide whether to bid for the company. Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz has said his company, Triarc...

Heat and Control said its Breaded Products Fryer is designed to heat the oil outside of the pan.Instead of crowding the heating elements into the fryer pan, oil is heated by an external heat exchanger and continuously circulated through the fryer and ...

ITC Food’s Bingo is once again using the popular ‘Great Combination’ humour platform for its newly launched ‘Red Chilli Bijli’ flavour potato chips. With its previous campaigns having generated a huge buzz around the brand name, ITC Food has decided t...

Mr Skinner has masterminded a comeback at McDonald's. The global restaurant chain lost customers in the late 1990s and early 2000s as it focused on expansion at the expense of the quality of its food and service.   A fast talker who likes to use his ha...